The world in 1942
1942 is the Axis at its greatest extent. This map shows the 72 states and peoples the data has for the world in that year.
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States and peoples in the world in 1942
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- United States of America
- Canada
- French Africa
- Unitary State of Brazil
- Commonwealth of Australia
- British Africa
- British Raj
- Empire of Japan
- Republic of China
- Nazi Germany
- Argentine Republic
- Free French
- Belgian Congo
- South Africa
- Mongolian People's Republic
- Estado Novo
- Communist Party of China
- Mexico
- British Colonial Empire
- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Dutch East Indies
- Italian Africa
- Pahlavi Dynasty
- Republic of Peru
- Ethiopia
- Republic of Colombia
- Bolivia
- Kingdom of Egypt
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Tibet
- Francoist Spain
- Republic of Finland
- Republic of Turkey
- Kingdom of Sweden
- Venezuela
- Republic of Chile
- Kingdom of Afghanistan
- French Indochina
- Kingdom of Italy
- Kingdom of Thailand
- Kingdom of Iraq
- Vichy France
- Paraguay
- Kingdom of Romania
- Sultanate of Muscat and Oman
- Hungarian Republic
- Republic of Ecuador
- French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon
- Principality of Bulgaria
- Oriental Republic of Uruguay
- Nepal
- North Yemen
- Netherlands Antilles
- Independent State of Croatia
- Republic of Nicaragua
- Republic of Cuba
- Honduras
- Éire
- Guatemala
- Republic of Liberia
- Kingdom of Bhutan
- Republic of Panama
- Swiss Confederation
- Republic of Costa Rica
- Dominican Republic
- Republic of Haiti
- Republic of El Salvador
- New Hebrides
- Kingdom of Norway
- Tangier International Zone
- Principality of Andorra
New on the map since 1917
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics · Canada · Unitary State of Brazil · Republic of China · Nazi Germany · Argentine Republic · Free French · South Africa · Mongolian People's Republic · Estado Novo · Communist Party of China · Mexico · Kingdom of Saudi Arabia · Pahlavi Dynasty · Ethiopia · Kingdom of Egypt · Francoist Spain · Republic of Finland · Republic of Turkey · Kingdom of Afghanistan · Kingdom of Thailand · Kingdom of Iraq · Vichy France · Kingdom of Romania · Hungarian Republic · French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon · North Yemen · Independent State of Croatia · Éire · Dominican Republic · Republic of Haiti
Gone from the map by 1967
French Africa · Unitary State of Brazil · British Africa · British Raj · Empire of Japan · Nazi Germany · Free French · Belgian Congo · Communist Party of China · Dutch East Indies · Italian Africa · Kingdom of Egypt · Tibet · French Indochina · Kingdom of Italy · Kingdom of Iraq · Vichy France · Kingdom of Romania · Sultanate of Muscat and Oman · Hungarian Republic · French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon · Principality of Bulgaria · Independent State of Croatia · Republic of Cuba · Tangier International Zone
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The world in other years
Other regions in 1942
The outlines are coarse and follow the Cliopatria dataset: borders before modern surveys are estimates, and a blank area means the data has no state on record there, not that nobody lived there. A state that changed hands during the year can appear together with its successor.